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Iowa Student Killed by 'Sharp Force Injuries'
BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) - Preliminary autopsy results show that Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts was killed by "multiple sharp force injuries.'' The state medical examiner has determined that Tibbetts' death was a homicide. No details were released about what caused…
Sears to Close Another 46 Stores in November
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — Sears Holdings Corp. is closing another 13 Kmart stores and 33 Sears stores as sales shrink and losses grow. The ailing company said Thursday that liquidation sales at the 46 unprofitable stores marked for closure…
Manafort Juror Says one Holdout Prevented 18-Count Conviction
WASHINGTON (AP) — A juror in Paul Manafort’s financial fraud trial says a lone holdout prevented the jury from convicting the onetime Trump campaign chairman on all 18 counts. Jurors repeatedly tried to persuade the holdout to “look at the…
Herbalife Distributors Claim in $1B Suit Events Were a Sham
MIAMI (AP) — Patricia and Jeff Rodgers figured they did everything right to get rich beyond their wildest dreams selling Herbalife health and personal care products. They attended all of the “Circle of Success” events, brought in new recruits, met…
Flight Attendant Mistakes air Marshal for Passenger With gun
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A federal air marshal was removed from a United Airlines flight in Minneapolis after a flight attendant mistook him for a gun-carrying passenger. The Transportation Safety Administration says the marshal was apprehended along with another marshal after…
Minnesota Task Force Addresses Affordable Housing Shortage
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A Minnesota housing task force is recommending broad changes in funding, technology and regulation to meet a statewide demand for affordable housing. Minnesota Public Radio News reports that the task force has made 30 recommendations…
Immigrant Charged With Murder of Iowa College Student
MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — A man from Mexico living in the U.S. illegally has confessed to kidnapping college student Mollie Tibbetts while she was running in her small Iowa hometown, killing her and dumping her body in a rural field,…
Cohen Pleads Guilty to Charges Involving Hush Money
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and “fixer,” Michael Cohen, has pleaded guilty to charges including campaign finance fraud stemming from hush money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels and ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal. The 51-year-old Cohen…
Ex-Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort Guilty of Eight Charges
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Paul Manafort, the longtime political operative who for months led Donald Trump’s winning presidential campaign, was found guilty of eight financial crimes Tuesday in the first trial victory of the special counsel investigation into the president’s…
Officials Believe Body of Iowa Student Mollie Tibbetts Found
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Investigators believe they have found the body of Mollie Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student who has been missing for more than a month. The 20-year-old woman was last seen July 18, jogging in her…
PepsiCo Buys SodaStream for $3.2 Billion
JERUSALEM (AP) — PepsiCo bought carbonated drink maker SodaStream for $3.2 billion on Monday, a move the beverage giant hopes will further help it adjust as consumers drink less traditional soda and opt more for flavored waters and other drinks.…
Pence’s Return Highlights White House’s Focus on Minnesota
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is heading back to Minnesota. Minnesota Republican Party chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan announced Monday that Pence will return to Minnesota Aug. 30 and will be stopping in Bloomington for a fundraising event.…
Police work to stop overdoses after 76 fall ill
(AP) - Police swarmed a Connecticut park near Yale University and searched people’s homes for drugs Thursday in an effort to prevent more overdoses from a batch of synthetic…
Woman Sues Surgeon who Wrongly Removed her Kidney
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - An Iowa woman is suing a South Dakota surgeon and his practice for wrongly removing one of her kidneys. The lawsuit filed by Dena Knapp alleges that Dr. Scott Baker erroneously removed her healthy right…
Student Stabbed on First day of School in Oklahoma
LUTHER, Okla. (AP) - Investigators say a student has been airlifted to a hospital after a stabbing at a central Oklahoma high school. Oklahoma County sheriff's spokesman Mark Opgrande says deputies were called to Luther High School in the small…
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